Lobster Bisque Soup Recipe

By Upton Goodwin 

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Lobster Bisque Soup will set you back quite a bit for those who order it in a very fancy restaurant; luckily it is possible to make it in your home! This particular recipe for Lobster Bisque soup is easy to create and very delicious. As a result of the thickness of the soup, a serving of about 2/3 a cup per person will be enough. This easy Lobster Bisque Soup Recipe can easily be made in less than an hour.
Ingredients you need to make this lobster bisque:

• 2 pounds boiled lobster (takes about 13 minutes to boil 2 pounds of water)
• 2 1/2 cups fish or chicken stock
• 1 sliced onion
• 4 stalks of celery with leaves
• 2 whole garlic cloves
• 1 bay leaf
• 1/4 cup soft butter
• 1/4 cup flour
• 4 cups heated milk
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 cup hot cream
• 2 tablespoons sherry
• 1/8 teaspoon minced parsley
• 1/8 teaspoon paprika

Once you have your ingredients ready, step one will be to remove the meat from the lobsters. Next you want to dice the body meat and mince inside the tail and claw meat then put them the side for later. A wonderful way to add flavor to your soup will be to crush up the shells of your lobster to be used when producing the stock.
Now it's time for you to create the stock for your lobster bisque soup. In a medium sized pot, mix up the lobster shell, onion, celery, cloves, and bay leaf. Let this simmer for a half-hour, then strain the stock.
When the stock is just about done you might want to start on the next phase. Cook the flour and butter in a sauce pan for five minutes, ensure that the flour doesn't color within this stage. Slowly pour your heated milk into the mixture and whisk until its combined and add in the nutmeg. After things are all mixed, stir in the strained stock.
When the soup becomes smooth and boiling, you have to mix your lobster meat and sherry and let it simmer covered for 5 minutes. After 5 minutes, turn off the heat and stir in the cream and season with salt and pepper. When you serve, add in the minced parsley and paprika and enjoy.
The best way to serve a lobster bisque soup is with some good bread or crackers. Chilled Chardonnay goes really well with lobster bisque.

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Yummy Winter Beet and Comte Cheese Salad

By Brett Burdette 

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Grammy & Finding Solace in the Kitchen...
I have found solace in the kitchen since I needed a step stool in my great-grandmother's Missouri home. Grammy would stand me at the sink and I'd wash potatoes, greens, and carrots. She taught me to fill the sink and get to work without complaining. "It ain't gonna git done on its own", she'd say.
And she taught me how to dance. I didn't know it at the time, (sneaky ol' bird) but she'd fill a glass jar with cream, hand it to me with a beautiful southern drawl.."Shake it up--shake it as hard as you can!", she'd say.
And I'd dance and I'd shake until my arms about fell off. I had no idea I was making butter. Grammy had a way of telling you what you did AFTER you did it.
Fast forward 40 years, and I think of her when I make this salad on cold winter days. Simple acts like washing the beets for the salad recipe below bring me comfort. Their earthy flavor and deep red hue speak to me about the inheritance our families pass to us.
It is my view that home-cooked meals & gathering around the table as a family are somewhat forgotten jewels, buried deep under crazy schedules, hectic deadlines, and the drive-through's of our society. Grammy's generation wouldn't understand ours today, not that she'd want to. She made almost everything in her home from scratch, and we still had time to rock on the front porch every night.
I aim to create a family lifestyle which abhors the hasty, pre-made, selfish culture surrounding us. I want my family to learn healthy food choices through my actions. My inheritance to my son will be the same one that Grammy blessed me with--cooking. We might not make butter, but we'll find our solace in the kitchen and find time to rock on the front porch.
I'm going to do what we all know we need to do. I'm going to take a daily personal interest in my family, and cooking will become our shining jewel.
Grammy, I love you---I hope you're giggling at those good ol' times...
Beetroot/Comte Salad:
Boil for ~20 minutes, or roast for ~45 beets thoroughly, so that a sharp knife slides into them easily.
Slice Comte cheese thinly
Plate, heat for a few minutes to melt the Comte cheese, then add S & P.
A bit of olive oil may spark your taste buds, if desired.

Comfort through Family.
Remedy through Food.
Find Solace at http://www.recipesolace.com
b.b.

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Long Live The Pasta Salad

By Wallace Kirby 

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Pasta has been around for years and years and has found its way into many of the popular dishes that we now know as comfort food. What would lasagna or ravioli or even spaghetti be without our friendly neighborhood pasta. This is where it is normally found and in all honesty, it will probably hold this title for may years to come. But there is another way to enjoy pasta. A must more sublime and ingenious way, and a way more healthier to boot. What is that way you ask? Via pasta salad is my answer. If you are not yet a fan of this great form of pasta I hope to convince you of it. Let the journey begin...
How many times have we had a nice Italian dish of pasta and felt bloated and tired afterwords? This is a very common reaction to taking in all those carbs and proteins and fats during that special holiday meal or family function. Wouldn't it be nice if there was a way to have that fantastic same pasta taste but in a much healthier format? There is...via the pasta salad.
In a pasta salad there is pasta to be sure, but notice the second part of the term. That's right, salad. When you think of salad you think of lettuce and broccoli and tomato and celery. Perhaps some olives and pickles to top it off. When compared to meats and dairy and fats which is healthier for your body? You only need to check out any diet plan or calorie chart to figure that out. The body loves the roughage and high water content of vegetables, and they are readily available in the great combination that is known as the pasta salad.
Let's not stop here. We can add pasta and veggies to be sure, but there are so many other ways to top off the great pasta salad and make it all that more special. If you want to go the low calorie route there is always balsamic vinegar or perhaps a few squeezes of lemon to make it special. If you have had a hard workout or tough day you can kick it up a notch by mixing in some mayo or a heavy cream sauce. The pasta salad is your friend and is there to make you happy. You only need to ask.
There is so much I can write about in regards to the healthy pasta salad I'm afraid that I don't have time in this article. Come on over to my website for more details...

If you would like to learn more about the Healthy Pasta Salad I would love to introduce you to my website at HealthyPastaSalad.net I will go into much greater detail on this subject to help you gain better understanding. See you there!
Author: Wallace Kirby
Healthy Pasta Salad

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